Officers in hogtying incident fired

FORT WORTH {AP} Five police officers have been fired for lying about hogtying a man who later died in their custody, the police chief said today.

Police Chief Thomas Windham said at a news conference this morning that his department has never endorsed or accepted the hogtying technique the five officers are accused of using on the man.

Windham said the the district attorney and the FBI are now investigating to determine if the officers committed crimes or civil rights violations.

The firings stem from a New Year's Day incident in which the officers allegedly hogtied Luis Enrique Hernandez, 31, during an arrest and then covered up the details of his death.

"When I reviewed the report, it was very obvious to me that the man had been hogtied," Windham said at a news conference Friday. "It was very obvious to me that the officers were not telling the truth, or at least they were untruthful in their omissions."